A sauna room slip cost a council more than £12,000 in compensation while a similar sum was paid out after a child slipped on a foam play shape.

A Freedom of Information request has uncovered the compensation bills paid out by local authorities for trips and falls in 2012 and 2013.

It revealed a list of payouts that totalled more than £31,000.

These included a slip at Deeside Leisure Centre as someone was leaving the sauna room that saw £12,100 paid to the injured party by Flintshire Council.

The same local authority also paid £11,520 after a child slipped on a foam play shape at the Venerable Edward Morgan School in Shotton.

It faces two further claims from incidents at schools including one from a person who fell on a freshly mopped floor at Maes Glas Primary School in Greenfield.

The other case at Ysgol Croes Atti, Flint, saw a fall from a rolled up mat as the person left the school building. Money has been set aside in reserve for these claims.

In Denbighshire two claims were lost by the claimants with no compensation paid out.

One claim was from someone who had fallen on mud in Gwyddelwern while the other was from a person who had fallen over stacked chairs in Prestatyn.

The council did payout £1,000 after someone tripped over a metal bolt in Rhyl.

Wrexham settled a £3,700 bill after someone claimed after tripping on a manhole cover while a steps fall saw £500 paid out.

The authority is currently dealing with two on-going cases. These include a claim after someone fell off monkey bars at Acton Park in Wrexham.

A spokesman for Flintshire County Council, which had paid out a total of £26,000, said: “We do our upmost to prevent accidents happening on council owned premises and to keep people safe. Unfortunately accidents do happen from time to time. We always take steps to prevent reoccurrence and to mitigate risks.”

Alex Aldridge, Flintshire County councillor said while many claims would be legitimate, some could be part of the “blame game culture”.

He said: “I’m afraid we’ve inherited some of the less attractive practices from the US including the blame game when it comes to making a claim against organisations for money.

“But while some of the £26,000 figure could come from that, if there has been negligence on behalf of the council then it is right that the injured person is compensated.”